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I had my boyfriend move in with me and my very (phisically) sick mum two months after getting to know eachother. And even before we even started serious flirting I told all my mediocre (and one great) “friends” with benefits THAT DOOR IS SHUT NOW, ADIOS.
He is worth it. We are, every day. But I still don’t know how we had the balls to do that. How small where the odds it would end well, really?!? That was six years ago.

All interesting people have a past. That being said, all of the interesting or successful people I have ever known or read about, have a history of failures or mistakes that have made them who they are. In fact, those are some of my favorite people to feauture on my own blog, essentialfemale.com. Check it out!

I knew this was Emily Gordon! I’ve heard her on so many comedy podcasts and I follow her on instagram and she’s so awesome! And so is Kumail and basically everyone they know. I desperately want to go to Meltdown Comics

i thought i was gonna feel better about my poor decisions that made me the person i am today, but some of these are real frivolous choices, dyeing your hair black can hardly be considered a “mistake”. it’s hair. the rest of the “mistakes” are more like success stories. getting into grad school, changing careers, getting married. this comes across more like flaunting disguised behind self-deprecation.

maybe i’ve just done really stupid shit lol. clearly these girls have better heads on their shoulders if dyeing their hair black is one of their worst mistakes. just for the record some people make worse decisions than that lol

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